After the Pali Canon was transmitted to Sri Lanka, it continued to be preserved entirely in Pāli, while the commentarial tradition that accompanied it (according to the information provided by Buddhaghosa) was translated into Sinhalese and preserved in local languages for several generations.

Pāli scholarship in Northern India generally ended with the rise of the Sena dynasty, with an uncertain process of decline in peninsular India, perhaps lasting the longest in Orissa, i.e., eventually ending (along with Buddhist practice itself) with the fall of the last resistance to the expanding Muslim empires on the subcontinent.

The Pali Text Society was in part founded to compensate for the very low level of funds allocated to Indology in late 19th century England; incongruously, the English were not nearly so robust in Sanskrit and Prakrit language studies as Germany, Russia and even Denmark --a situation that many would say continues to this day.

The texts in the Pali canon are the earliest Buddhist sources, and for TheravadaBuddhists, who claim to conserve the original teachings of the Buddha, they are still the most authoritative sacred texts.

Pali scholarship in Northern India generally ended with the rise of the Sena dynasty, with an uncertain process of decline in peninsular India, perhaps lasting the longest in Orissa, i.e., eventually ending (along with Buddhist practice itself) with the fall of the last resistance to the expanding Muslim empires on the subcontinent.

Since the 19th century, various societies for the revival of Pali studies in India have promoted awareness of the language and its literature, perhaps most notably the Maha Bodhi Society founded by Anagarika.

Historically, the first written record of the Pali canon is believed to have been composed in Sri Lanka, based on a prior oral tradition.

Abhidhamma [abhidhamma]: (1) In the discourses of the Pali Canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," and a systematic attempt to define the Buddha's teachings and understand their interrelationships.

Pali [paali, paa.li]: The canon of texts (see Tipitaka) preserved by the Theravada school and, by extension, the language in which those texts are composed.

The Pali Suttas are widely regarded as the earliest record of the Buddha's teachings.

In morphology the number of vowel interchanges decreased in comparison with Sanskrit; there is a trend of unification of types of noun declension and verb conjugation, and the number of cases is six at maximum.

Pali is interesting for its vocabulary which is totally unnatural and is created only in order to reflect the ideas of the religion.

These schools canons typically contain an incomplete selection of scriptures from the Pali canon, often with minor additions or alterations, and are usually recorded in Sanskrit, Chinese, or another language other than Pali.

This Elementary Pali Course by the late Venerable Narada Thera, the renowned Buddhist scholar of the Vjirarama Vihara, Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the standard work for the study of the elementary level of Pali.

Pali was the language spoken by the Buddha, and employed by him to expound his teachings.

Most introductory Pali grammar books consist of lessons that teach the elements of the language in stages, but because of that they are also very difficult to use as a reference when you need to look up a noun's declension, or a verb's conjugation.

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The Pali was then changed to its more current shape by the wearing away of the divides between the streams.

In summary, the Pali was formed from a series of overlapping valleys that combine at their heads to form the cliff; the erosion was by streams, and the stream action is enough to explain the structure.

In this area the Pali was carved also by the pounding sea and the falling rain.

Among the Pali writers and exponents of ancient Buddhism who attempted to harmonize the apparently conflicting teachings and to grasp the inner meaning of the doctrine, four names stand outNagasena, Buddhadatta,...

Jataka is a Pali and Sanskrit word that means birth. The Buddha, it is believed, used these tales to stress the importance of human values, which contribute to harmony and progress, and to explain concepts such as rebirth.

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Pali is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism is preserved.

The Pali texts are unique in Buddhism because they are the oldest collection of Buddhistscriptures preserved in the language in which they were written down.

Fani Pali Petralia, the deputy culture minister who led the government's Olympic preparations, failed to provide a clear timetable Wednesday for when she expected the legislation to be approved.

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Nuuanu is an area located on the southeastern part of the island and "pali" is a Hawaiian word meaning "cliff".

Nuuanu Pali is surrounded by dense forest heavy with moisture.

In 1897, a highway was built and during the construction, workers found approximately 800 skulls and other bones at the bottom of the cliff - remains of the warriors who were defeated by Kamehameha.

The elements of Pali can be mastered in a few months, Pali opens one's ears to the Dhamma and the music of the Buddha's speech.

From the Preface to the Third Edition: Most introductory Pali grammar books consist of lessons that teach the elements of the language in stages, but because of that they are also very difficult to use as a reference when you need to look up a noun's declension, or a verb's conjugation.

From the introduction: This booklet aims to assist new Buddhist Students who are unfamiliar with some of the Pali words often used in the study of Buddhism.

The word 'Pali' primarily signifies 'Text' or 'sacred texts' or the text of the Buddhist canon' as opposed to the connentaries, but gradually it bacame the name of the language in which the canon (Tripitika) of the TheravadaBuddhism and the ancillary texts were written.

It is, however, certain that the Pali Tipitika grew out of this oral tradition to be modified during the next two centuries in which form it was finally written down in the literary Pali language in the Fourth Council.

Pali literature falls into two main divisions, namely the cannocial literature consisting of three pitakas as mentioned above and the non-canonical or extra canonical texts consisting mainly of the commentaries, sub-commentaries and chronicles besides some classical works including the Milinda-panha.

In association with the Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project SLTP the Journal of Buddhist Ethics is pleased to act as the primary distributor for the first public domain electronic version of the Pali Canon.

The input of the entirety of the words of the Buddha and his immediate disciples, as preserved in the Sri Lankan version of the Pali "Tripitaka," was completed at the "Sri Vajiragnana Dharmayatanaya," Bhikkhu Training Center, Maharagama, Sri Lanka in 1994.

This version of the Pali Canon is avaiable as an archive of HTML documents.

The Buddha knew that he was almost succumbing to his defilements, but he did not reproach him, he did not tell him that he should not have such thoughts.

This anthology is both a treasure-house of important passages from the Canon covering the key points of the Buddha's teachings, as well as a practical manual to help the serious meditation student navigate through some of the most fundamental and profound points of Dhamma.

Dana -- the Pali word means giving, generosity, self-sacrifice: the quality of the heart that moves a person to give away his or her own possessions for the sake of others.

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Incorporated in 1997, The Pennyslvania Association of Licensed Investiagors (PALI) strives to "raise the bar" for the Private Investigations industry in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

To further the spirit of cooperation and mutual assistance among the members of PALI

Meetings are held at various locations around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania throughout the year.